Erin Andrews New Co-Host Of ‘Dancing With The Stars’

UPDATE MONDAY 6:40 AM: ABC this morning made the official announcement of Erin Andrews joining Dancing With The Stars for the upcoming season, whose celebrity cast will be revealed tomorrow morning. She joins fellow new Dancing addition, musical director Ray Chew, who replaces longtime band leader Harold Wheeler.

PREVIOUS SUNDAY 4:30 PM: Fox Sports‘ Erin Andrews has been tapped as co-host of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, Deadline has confirmed. The news broke shortly after long-running co-host Brooke Burke-CharvetTweeted her firing from the reality dancing competition, which returns for its 18th season on March 17. People broke the news first. Andrews, who competed on DWTS Season 10, is expected be officially announce as Charvet’s replacement as soon as tomorrow.

The final nail in her career and an excellent reason not to watch DWTS.

aleya • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Unlike Brooke, she knows how to think on her feet having interviewed people fresh off the field. Now she’ll be interviewing people fresh off the dance floor. Bonus: she doesn’t have an annoying mouth like Brooke.

Too bad this may be the final season of DWTS.

Anonymous • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

So where the original reporting as to why Brooke was fired. I assumed budget cuts and the shows one airing a week made the position expendable. Bergeron can do it alone. Something had to happen begins the scenes. Is Andrews leaving Fox Sports. Did she sign an overall Disney deal that includes ESPN and maybe larger role to include DWTS and maybe GMA?

Bill • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Wow things just keep getting worse for dwts.
Now I feel bad for brooke, because this one is really hated by the public for her stupid stunts and persona by getting attention for herself.
What an insult to the class A talented dancers that have spent endless hours of their lives practicing to give the public a professional performance and then they have to be confronted by a DA selfish bimbo that can barely construct a complex sentence.

aleya • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

You may hate Erin for whatever reason (considering your vitriol, I’m guessing she turned you down for a date) but most people who watch the show will remember her and she seemed nice enough back then and expect she’ll do perfectly fine in the co-host role. Speaking of which, I’ve never seen an article or piece about why the past three co-hosts left the show. Lisa Canning disappeared after the first season and I don’t recall anything being side as an explanation. Then Samantha Harris got tossed supposedly because she wanted to concentrate on other projects but we all know that’s bullshit and means she was fired. And now Brooke. Of course, considering they’ve already signed Erin, that means ABC were ironing out Erin’s contract before they’d even told Brooke she was gone. I’m not a fan of Brooke but, if ABC had any decency, they should have told her right after last season ended that they were intending to get rid of her. Don’t wait until less than a month before the new season begins. That was a really shitty move and I know from people I’ve spoken to that that move really upsets them and could result in even smaller ratings this coming season.

monica • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

anybody would be better than Brooke B. a total zero on the air..and known for being difficult to deal with behind the scenes.

Jed • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

The most over-rated woman in this business…known only for her looks and not her brawn or talents. Surprised Fox Sports allowed her to take the gig to begin with.

Travis Speak • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Can’t believe the barbaric tone of so many of the comments, over a co-hosting job on a ballroom dancing show. Really?

I’ll try something constructive: I’m surprised they didn’t just eliminate the co-host job — it would have made more sense with the other changes they made last season, specifically getting rid of the upstairs Star Tank where the co-host did her interviews. Since the job is still active, they should rebuild the tank and give the co-host something to do again. And maybe build it a little closer to floor level this time — it was painful watching those couples having to scale that huge flight of stairs after having killed themselves on the dancefloor just moments earlier.

Erin will be an improvement if she stays loose and can follow Tom’s lead when needed. Tom knows best in all situations.

DonDonP1 • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Congrats to Erin and good luck! She will continue to work at Fox Sports, despite replacing Brooke Burke-Charvet as Tom Bergeron’s co-hosting partner on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

QJ201 • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Brooke was bad, painfully bad. Like that DWTS contestant that keeps getting voted through for weeks even though they are dreadful, except that Brooke was never an audience favorite.

My guess is that Brooke’s contract wasn’t renewed and that Andrews had a global contract with Disney that still had time on it.

JulieW • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

they are definitely paying Erin more than they paid Brooke…so all the talk about
this being ‘budget related’ is bogus. Plus the show never viewed BB as an equal host with Tom B. He was always nominated for an emmy for best host for the show, but she was never even included.

chris • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

like someone mentioned, Brooke was “painfully bad” this was never a job for her, she can’t think on her feet, and was a terrible interviewer. You have to be quick to work with Tom, and I think this is a good pairing. She was extremely popular when she was on the show, I’m sure she’ll be great!

Ethan Ferguson • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

actually new cast will be revealed on next Tuesday.

Ethan Ferguson • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

and erin will be a good host….

Jeff • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Erin is a horrible idea. She competed on the show and didn’t go very far because clearly the viewers didn’t connect. Brooke won her season so there must of some sense of likability. If they were going to fire Brooke they should of went someone more likable.

Jeff is wrong • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

Jeff,

Erin got third on her season….how is that not going “very far?” Learn your facts before you speak dude.

Anonymous • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

That’s the nature of this business though, unfortunately. Only time and ratings will tell if Erin is liked. When they didn’t have Jillian Michaels that season on Biggest Loser the audience realized how much they missed that ‘annoying’ Jillian. She’s a perfect part of the show. Brooke did SOMETHING right, as pretty or as smart or whatever Erin is, I have a hunch she’s not going to be a good fit.

Also what are they going to do for music this year as the BAND you have heard for years on the show also has been given the boot.

Anonymous • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

They have the exact same number of twitter followers–for what it’s worth.

Linda Lee • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

I just heard that Brooke Burke-Charvet will not be back. I’m very disappointed. What I don’t understand is why she was fired. She has always been quick on her feet, reacting to whatever is thrown at her. She always looks incredible. Makes no sense to me. Not sure I’ll watch with new co-host Erin Andrews. I just hope that Tom Bergerone was not the impetus for Brooke’s firing. That would sour me on the show since I have been loving him since Breakfast Time.

Mary Brown • on Feb 24, 2014 6:41 am

I was watching Dancing with the Stars today and I didn’t feel Erin Andrews was the right choice for being a host with Tom Bergeron
because she talks like a tough reporter and she is taller than Tom
and the other men. I like Brooke Burke-Charvet much better and she was a better host and very beautiful. It is too bad she has cancer
and I wish her best of luck.